Lots of licensed and some free of cost script-driven applications have encrypted code, that is not human readable. The concept behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the unauthorized use of such applications. Among the most popular encryption software tools used for this particular purpose is known as Zend Guard and it's widespread as it can be used to alter any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the protected files to run effectively on a web server after that is if another instrument called Zend Optimizer is there. When you would like to work with any paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it is installed on the server where you will host your site. Furthermore, websites which need the tool can perform better due to the fact that their program code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on our custom-made cloud platform and you're able to use it regardless of the cloud hosting plan that you choose. It can be activated through the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all accounts and it will take you only several clicks to do this. Since we support numerous versions of PHP (4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2), you will have to activate Zend Optimizer each time you switch the version to one you have not used yet. This is a piece of cake though - the php.ini file where you can activate and disable various PHP extensions can be handled with a point-and-click tool, therefore you will not need any computer programming skills or previous expertise. Our website hosting services allow you to run any script-driven application which needs Zend Optimizer without any difficulties, but when you're not sure what you should do, you are able to contact our 24/7 tech support team and they'll enable the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to enable Zend Optimizer with every single semi-dedicated server that we provide and it'll take you only a couple of clicks to do this. Once you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you should visit the PHP Configuration section where you will find many different options and On/Off buttons for each one of them. Zend is one of these options, which means that you do not need to do anything more complex than clicking on its button. Since you can also switch the PHP release for your account from the same section, you'll need to enable Zend for any new version which you use. Furthermore, we have also left the possibility for more knowledgeable users to set both the PHP release as well as the status of Zend Optimizer manually by placing a php.ini file in a particular domain folder. The file will have effect just for this specific website, but not for the hosting account in general.